British Aerial Transport Company Limited (BAT) was a British aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1917 to its closure in 1919. The company was based at

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, London.

History

The company was formed in 1917 by

Samuel Waring Samuel James Waring, 1st Baron Waring (19 April 1860 – 9 January 1940), known as Sir Samuel Waring, Bt, between 1919 and 1922, was a British industrialist, public servant and benefactor. Biography Waring was the second son of Samuel James Wari ...

around the combined knowledge of

Frederick Koolhoven Frederick (Frits) Koolhoven (11 January 1886 – 1 July 1946) was an aircraft designer in Britain and his native Netherlands. Koolhoven was born in Bloemendaal, Netherlands. After training as an engineer in Liège and Antwerp, he worked from 1 ...

as Chief Designer, and

Robert Noorduyn Robert Bernard Cornelis Noorduyn (April 6, 1893 – February 22, 1959) was a Dutch-born Americans, American aircraft designer and manufacturer. He is best known for the Noorduyn Norseman, a legendary Canada, Canadian bush plane produced in th ...

as Chief Draughtsman. Koolhoven's first design for the company was the F.K.22 fighter. In 1919 Lord Waring reduced his aviation interests and this forced the closure of the company. The fourth F.K.26 was the last aircraft built by the company.

Aircraft designs

* BAT F.K.22 (1918) Single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft * BAT F.K.23 Bantam (1918) Single-engine single-seat fighter * BAT F.K.24 Baboon (1918) Single-engine biplane training aircraft *

BAT Basilisk The BAT F.K.25 Basilisk was a prototype British fighter aircraft of the First World War. A single engined biplane intended to meet a requirement to replace the Sopwith Snipe, the Basilisk was unsuccessful, only three being built. Development an ...

(F.K.25) (1918) Single-engined single-seat fighter aircraft * BAT F.K.26 (1919) Single-engine four-passenger biplane transport aircraft *

BAT F.K.27 The BAT F.K.27 was a two-seater sporting biplane designed by Frederick Koolhoven and built by the British Aerial Transport Company Limited (BAT) in 1918. Design and development The F.K.27 was a sesquiplane two-seater with side-by-side seating ...

(1919) Two-seat single engine sporting biplane * BAT F.K.28 Crow (1920) Single-engine single-seat ultralight aircraft

References

* ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)''. London: Orbis Publishing. * Jackson, A.J. ''British Civil Aircraft Since 1919 Volume 1''. London: Putnam, 1974. .

External links

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